L'Ascension
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L'Ascension is a suite of four symphonic meditations for orchestra that, with the exception of its third movement, were later arranged for pipe organ in 1933–1934. The work was written by the French c
The cover of the original manuscript of the orchestral suite.
Messiaen in 1937; by Studio Harcourt
First page of the manuscript of the fair copy of the first movement
Modes of limited transposition are musical modes or scales that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups. These scales may be transposed to all
L'Ascension
…his first major works (the first such for orchestra); and, in both of its iterations, among his most well-known. The work is in four movements and uses modes of limited transposition and complex rhythms, which are characteristic of Messiaen's compositional style. Nevertheless, the work is rooted in tonality and uses key signatures…
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